CREATING THE OVERSIGHT AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES FOR THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT’S MAJOR SOCIAL REFORM AGENDA

WHEREAS, In line with the overall
objective of national unity, the Executive Branch spearheaded the formulation
of major national agenda to set the framework and direction for the efforts of
all sectors of Philippine society;

WHEREAS, these major national agenda
were framed with the active participation of the legislative branch, the
private sector and non-government organizations;

WHEREAS, there are three existing major
agenda of the national government, specifically: the Social Pact for Empowered
Economic Development (SPEED); the results of the consultations of the National
Unification Commission; and, the Social Reform Agenda;

WHEREAS, there are separate oversight,
coordinating and monitoring mechanisms to ensure that various government and
sectoral commitments that have been incorporated in each of the agenda are
implemented and accomplished;

WHEREAS, to attain complementation of
commitments for higher impact to identified beneficiaries, efficiency and
cost-effectiveness in terms of savings of resources, the oversight,
coordinating and monitoring mechanisms as well as the secretariat support for
the three major agenda will have to be integrated.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS,
President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in
me by law, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. Organizational Mechanisms. The following
shall constitute the organizational mechanism to ensure implementation of the
commitments under the Social Pact, results of the consultations of the National
Unification Commission and Social Reform Agenda.

1.1 Oversight Committee: The Legislative-Executive
Development Advisory Council. The Legislative-Executive Development
Advisory Council is hereby designated to serve as the Oversight Committee which
shall undertake the overall supervision, coordination and integration of the
national government’s three (3) major agenda.

The Oversight Committee shall have the following
functions:

a. Oversee and ensure the implementation of
commitments under the Social Pact, results of NUC consultations, and Social
Reform Agenda;

b. Review and approve a master plan that will
effectively integrate the three (3) major agenda; and,

c. Determine all necessary policy and other
interventions to ensure the successful implementation of the commitments under
the three (3) agenda.

1.2 The Executive Committee: The Social Reform
Agenda Council. The Social Reform Agenda Council is hereby designated as
the Executive Committee for the national government’s major social reform
agenda.

a. Functions. The Executive Committee shall
have the following specific functions:

a.1 Coordinate all concerns/requirements with
various government agencies and non-government sectors to facilitate and ensure
effective implementation of the agenda;

a.2 Draw-up supplementary agreements and
implementing guidelines for the efficient and effective implementation of the
commitments;

a.3 Review and resolve issues and concerns relative
to the Social Pact, results of NUC consultations and Social Reform Agenda;

a.4 Monitor and evaluate the implementation of the
various commitments;

a.5 Formulate a Master Plan to integrate the Social
Pact, results of NUC consultations and Social Reform Agenda, for approval of
the Oversight Committee;

a.6 Ensure compliance by all departments/agencies
of the commitments under the three (3) major agenda;

a.7 Submit regular integrated accomplishment
reports to the Oversight Committee; and,

a.8 Perform such other functions as may be directed
by the Oversight Committee.

b. Composition. The President shall serve as
the Chairman of the Executive Committee, with the Secretary of the Department
of Agrarian Reform as Vice-Chairman and Lead Convenor.

The membership of the committee shall include the
nine (9) Agency Flagship Champions as designated under Memorandum Order No. 213
dated 17 June 1994 as well as the following:

1.3 Secretariat Support: The Office of the
Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process. The Office of the Presidential
Adviser on the Peace Process shall provide the necessary staff support to the
Executive Committee/SRA Council.

SEC. 2. Responsible Agencies for the Implementation
of the Commitments Under the Agenda. The actual implementation of the
commitments under the three national government’s major agenda shall still be
undertaken by the concerned departments and agencies that have sectoral or
functional responsibility/jurisdiction over the commitments, whether
individually or jointly.

SEC. 3. Schedule of Meetings. The
Executive Committee shall meet at least once a month, or as often as they may
deem necessary.

SEC. 4. Funding. The Executive Committee shall be
appropriated an amount as may be jointly determined and recommended by the
Secretaries of the Departments of Agrarian Reform and Budget and Management and
the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, and to be approved
by the President, for its operations. Said fund shall be sourced from the
President’s Contingent Fund.

SEC. 5. Repealing Clause. This
Executive Order repeals or modifies Administrative Order No. 79 dated 08
September 1993, and all orders, issuances, rules and regulations or parts
thereof inconsistent thereto.

SEC. 6. Effectivity. This Executive Order shall take
effect immediately.

DONE, in the City of Manila, this 27th day of
September, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Four.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the
President:

(Sgd.) TEOFISTO
T. GUINGONA, JR.
Executive Secretary

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